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Montana ranked 7th best state for local foods

April 17, 2015 /

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Montana is a great place for consumers looking for healthy, locally grown and produced foods. That’s according to a recently released index produced by the nonprofit organization "Strolling of the Heifers."

The Vermont-based advocacy group ranked Montana as the seventh best state in its commitment to local foods, based upon the number of farmers markets, community supported agriculture operations, farm-to-school program participation, cooperatively owned food hubs and the per capita value of direct-to-the-public food sales by farmers to Montana consumers.

David Murray, [email protected]

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